Lolli And Pops

Yummy. Cute. Friendly. Delicious. Well stocked. Clean. Organized. Pretty. Rare finds.
I like this Lolli and Pops. It’s on the second floor of the mall (blah), but I’ll gladly trudge through the mall to come find someone a treat from here. I like getting gifts from here and fun stuff. Their truffles are delicious, and that’s what the salesperson always tries to sell me on (probably their money maker), but I like all the international chocolates from the chocolate room, and the fun Wonka candies. They have different rooms dedicated to different sorts of candy, and shelving with UK candies, japanese, mexican, etc. There’s a display of retro candies, and I always find something that makes me smile/​think of childhood.
I inevitably walk out with $ 30 worth of gifts, and then a few sodas and candies from childhood that I don’t need, but hafta have. They carry Moxie soda here. I know this means nothing to anyone from Oklahoma reading this, but if you’re a New Englander, you understand.

Cute little candy shop with the old vintage feel to it. I really enjoyed adventuring inside and being amazed by all the candy. I feel it was pretty pricey, but it was a unique experience.

Didn’t realize til the day after they charged me differently than what was printed on the candy, for several different pieces (small differences, but I’m sure they add up). Also, my rip roll was nearly inedible, couldn’t find an expiration date on it either. It was in a jar on a top shelf, should’ve known better since it was so dusty.

Everything (well, almost everything) about Lolli & Pops makes me happy.
The insane selection of sweet food stuffs that you didn’t even know you wanted is impressive. When I can get chocolates that I have to go to other countries to enjoy (e.g. Canada, Australia, India) or have to beg relatives to bring with them when they visit, that’s a kind of fantastic that can’t be beat.
On a sort of related note, I feel sad for people who not only eat, but enjoy Hershey’s chocolate. That is some seriously low quality stuff and you’ll only realize how low quality it is after you’ve had some real chocolate magic from places like Lolli & Pops.
I suppose there’s one thing that doesn’t make me happy. $ 10.99/lb is steep. Other examples of exorbitant pricing: truffles at nearly $ 3.00. A piece. One piece. One, single, individual, solitary, separate, lonely piece. Or 6 for $ 16.00 or something. Or one bar of chocolate for $ 8.00. But a specialty candy shop like this can do whatever it wants because the competition is fairly nonexistent. Also, I’m sure mall real estate is not cheap so they have to make their money back somewhere and who better to price gouge than the yuppie mall moms and their sugar deprived tots?
Granted, the truffles look amazeballs and they’re bigger than what one would expect when one thinks of truffles, but you’ll have to try it yourself and tell me how it is because I can’t justify that purchase even when I’m feelin’ like a baller (which is… rare). Everything in my life lately is calculated by the cost of purchasing the namesake from Whiskey Cake, and three truffles =/​= one Whiskey Cake. Not in my book.
I will never take my child here. However, I will bring the child of a family member or friend here. Then I’ll cut ‘em loose, let them gorge themselves, and then give them back to their parents. Maybe finish it off by laughing like an evil villain.

The cutest candy shop in town! It’s like walking into a candy shop from an old movie. Definitely has the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory feel to it. Dark and woody inside with wall high barrels and bins of nostalgic candies. I felt like a kid again!
Pros:
*Awesome selection of gummy bears (soft, gummy, and delicious, not stale or hard) (MUST try the white strawberry flavor!!)
*Very Friendly staff
*Looked pretty clean
*Extremely cute atmosphere
Cons:
*They didn’t have Cry Baby Tears! Or SweetTarts. (A couple of my faves that I wanted to add to my mix)
*The dark chocolate selection was limited
*Seems a bit pricey, $ 9.99/lb, but I have seen some other candy stores with similar pricing.
Overall, I like! Go visit!
Supposedly you can get a year long subscription of candy from here. You pay a fee, I heard through the grapevine that it’s a $ 365 fee and you can fill up a jar of candy once a week all year long. It sounds like a good idea, if you actually go to the mall that often and would use it.